Yale College
Family Weekend Concert
Saturday, September 28, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Half Step Down Please* (1947)
Program
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Thomas C. Duffy, Guest Conductor
Tadd Dameron (1917-1965) and Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969)
Shiny Stockings* (1963) Frank Foster (1928-2011)
Miss Fine (1963) Oliver Nelson (1932-1975)
Lazy Bird (1958) John Coltrane (1926-1967) arr. Bill Stapleton
* feat. Teddy Horangic, vocals
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, Music Director
Os Justi (1879) Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, et lingua ejus loquetur judicium. and his tongue speaks what is just. Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius: The law of his God is in his heart; et non supplantabuntur gressus ejus. and his steps will not be impeded. - Psalm 37:30-31
Down by the Riverside Traditional Spiritual arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Gonna lay down my burden down by the riverside. Gonna lay down my burden down by the riverside, and study war no mo’.
I ain’ goin’ study war no mo’!
Lord, I’m gonna lay down my sword an’ shield down by the riverside.
Canticle of the Turning
My soul cries out with a joyful shout
That the God of my heart is great
And my spirit sings of the Wondrous things
That you bring to the ones who wait
You fixed your sight on your servant's plight
And my weakness you did not spurn
So from east to west shall my name be blest Is the world about to turn?
Refrain:
My heart shall sing of the day you bring
Let the fires of your justice burn
Wipe away all tears for the dawn draws near
And the world is about to turn!
Through the halls of power to the fortress tower
Not a stone will be left on stone
Let the king beware for your Justice tears ev'ry tyrant from his throne
The hungry poor shall weep no more For the food they can never earn
There are tables spread, ev'ry Mouth be fed
For the world is about to turn.
Refrain
Eli Yale
Anya AitSahlia ’25, president; Ines Gilles ’25, manager – soloists
Raise Your Voices
Yale Football Medley
Bright College Years
Traditional Irish Tune
arr. Jeffrey Douma
Traditional Student Song
Jeffrey Douma
arr. Fenno Heath ’50
Carl Wilhelm (1815–1873) arr. Robert Bonds ’71
The Promise of Living* (1954)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) from The Tender Land arr. Thomas C. Duffy
The promise of living With hope and thanksgiving Is born of our loving our friends and our labor. The promise of growing With faith and with knowing Is born of our sharing our love with our neighbor.
The promise of living, The promise of growing Is born of our singing in joy and thanksgiving.
For many a year we’ve known these fields And known all the work that makes them yield. Are you ready to lend a hand? We’re ready to work, we’re ready to lend a hand. By working together we’ll bring in the harvest, the blessings of harvest. We plant each row with seeds of grain, And Providence sends us the sun and the rain. By lending a hand, by lending an arm Bring in from the land, bring out from the farm, the blessings of harvest.
Give thanks there was sunshine, Give thanks there was rain, Give thanks we have hands to deliver the grain.
O let us be joyful, O let us be grateful to the Lord for His blessing.
The promise of ending in right understanding Is peace in our own hearts and peace with our neighbor. (Simultaneously)
O let us sing our song, And let our song be heard. Let’s sing our song with our hearts, and find a promise in that song.
The promise of living, The promise of growing, The promise of ending is labor and sharing and loving.
* joint with the Yale Concert Band
The Promise of Living* (1954)
Suite Française (1944)
I. Normandie
II. Bretagne
III. Ile de France
IV. Alsace-Lorraine
V. Provence
Fanfare Ritmico (1999)
* joint with the Yale Glee Club
Yale Concert Band
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
arr. Thomas C. Duffy
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band — 60th Season
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Thomas C. Duffy, Guest Conductor
Stephanie Hubbard, Operations and Production Manager
Alto Saxophones
Christopher Sylvester DC ’26 Statistics and Data Science
Solomon Geleta MC ’28 Political Science
Tenor Saxophones
Rohan Wassink ES ’26 Intensive Physics/Intensive Mathematics
Shaun Pexton SM ’26 Applied Physics/Computer Science
Baritone Saxophone
Allie Gruber PC ’26 English
Trumpets
Jared Wyetzner PC ’27 Physics
Truth Templeton BF ’26 Ethics, Politics, and Economics
Leo Craig BR ’28 Undeclared
Mia Kohn GH ’27 Undeclared
Trombones
Aaron Parr ES ’28 Undeclared
Jacob Lebroda ES ’27 Cognitive Science
Joshua Gabrielson TC ’28 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Piano
Davis Morgenstern MY ’26 Statistics and Data Science
Guitar
Yiannis Scotiniadis MY ’28 Mechanical Engineering
Bass
Thara Joseph GH ’26 Ethics, Politics, and Economics
Drums
Christopher Palazzo SY ’27 Mechanical Engineering
Vocals
Teddy Horangic ES ’25 Economics/Humanities
Upcoming Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band Concerts
Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
NOVEMBER 13, 2024, 7:30 p.m., Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Music of the Tenor Sax Masters
Music by John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Frank Foster, and George Coleman
MARCH 5, 2025, 7:30 p.m., Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
MARCH 7, 2025, Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, MA
Info/Tickets: scullersjazz.com
APRIL 15, 2025, Dizzy’s Club, New York, NY
Info/Tickets: jazz.org/dizzys
Yale Glee Club — 164th Season
Jeffrey Douma, Music Director
T. Sean Maher, Operations and Production Manager
Alex Whittington, Assistant Conductor
David Liebowitz, Student Conductor
Ava Dadvand, Student Conductor
President: Anya AitSahlia
Manager: Ines Gilles
Archivists: Omeno Abutu, Angélique Wheeler
Stage Managers: Ruthie Weinbaum, Gui Pereira, Ben Weiss
Alumni Coordinators: Seung Min Baik Kang, Kyle Thomas Ramos
Web Manager: Catharine Lee
Publicity Chairs: Sophia Groff, Sarah Sparling
Social Chairs: Catalina Ossmann, Elizabeth Wolfram
Community Engagement Officers: Lukas Koutsoukos, John Raskopf
Wardrobe Manager: Alliese Bonner
Soprano I
Tamara Bafi ’27 Economics/Cognitive Science
Joleen Bakalova ’28 Anthropology/Global Affairs
Alliese Bonner ’27 Music
Maya Chatterjee ’28 Global Affairs
Kinnia Cheuk ’26 English
Alex Hawley ’25 Statistics and Data Science
Anjal Jain ’26 Biomedical Engineering
Rhea McTiernan Huge ’27 Undeclared
Lila Schweinfurth ’25 Computer Science and Mathematics/ Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Elizabeth Wolfram ’27 Mathematics and Philosophy/ Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Soprano II
Violet Barnum ’25 Music
Kylie Berg ’28 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Senlee Dieme ’26 History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
Inès Gilles ’25 Sociology
Sophia Groff ’25 English
Katie Gurney ’26 Mathematics
Aurelia Keberle ’27 Biomedical Engineering
Rose Kosciuszek ’27 Political Science
Catharine Lee ’27 Applied Mathematics/French
Christina Logvynyuk ’25 Economics/East European Studies
Cayley Tolbert-Schwartz ’28 Applied Physics/Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Claire Zhong ’28 Cognitive Science
Alto I
Omeno Abutu ’27 Music
Anya AitSahlia ’25 Classics
Ziqi Cui ’27 Undeclared
Logan Gilbert ’28 Mathematics/Music
Mika Hiroi ’28 Undeclared
Alistair Lam ’27 Cognitive Science/Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Peighton Lotwis ’26 History/Music
Emily Patrick ’26 Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies with certificate in Education Studies
Sofia Sato ’28 Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Sarah Sparling ’25.5 Linguistics
Abigail Taylor ’25 English/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Angélique Wheeler ’26 History/Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Alto II
Alexis Cruz ’28 Astrophysics
Vyann Eteme ’25 History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health/Music
Willa Hawthorne ’26 Music
Tesse Okunseri ’25 Neuroscience
Catalina Ossmann ’27 Cognitive Science
Aryana Ramos-Vázquez ’26 Biomedical Engineering
Myla Toliver ’28 History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
Hai Yen Tran ’26 Statistics and Data Science/Ethics, Politics, and Economics
Ruthie Weinbaum ’25 History
Thisbe Wu ’26, Art
Tenor I
Matthew Chen ’27 Ethics, Politics and Economics/Sociology
Schandy Cordero Schlatter ’28 Environmental Engineering
Ayush Iyer ’26 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry/ Economics
Jack Purdue ’25 Humanities
Bill Qian ’26 Computer Science
John Raskopf ’27 Music
Gbemiga Salu ’27 Applied Mathematics
Nate Stein ’28 Ethics, Politics, and Economics
Alex Whittington MM ’25 Choral Conducting
Tenor II
Jonathan Akinniyi ’26 Political Science/History
Charles Calkins ’26 History
Andrew Jean-Charles ’27 Ethics, Politics, and Economics
David Liebowitz ’26 Architecture
Stephen Morris ’27 Political Science
Prithvi Vijay Narayanan ’28 Political Science
Jaden Nicita ’28 Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Max Ondik ’28, Political Science/East Asian Studies
Ari Panagiotis Tsomokos ’27 Undeclared
Bobby Xiao ’25 Computer Science and Economics
Andrew Xu ’27 Computer Science and Mathematics
Vincent Zhen Tan ’25 Humanities
Upcoming Yale Glee Club Concerts
OCTOBER 27, 2024
4:00 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free Admission/No tickets or reservations required
The Sixteen presents The Deer’s Cry
Bass I
Lukas Bacho ’25 Philosophy
Andrew P. Boanoh ’27 Political Science/Philosophy
Ava Dadvand ’25 Classics/Linguistics
Aviv Fetaya ’26 Computer Science/Music
Creed Gardiner ’26 American Studies
Cameron Gray-Lee ’27 Undeclared
Alexander Kingma ’28 Computer Science and Mathematics
Lukas Koutsoukos ’27 Ethics, Politics, and Economics
August Rivers ’28 Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Everett Tolbert-Schwartz ’26 Applied Physics
Jeffrey Yang ’28 Economics
Bass II
Seung Min Baik ’26, Economics/History
Benjamin Graham ’28 Statistics and Data Science
Sohum Kapadia ’25, Cognitive Science
Deven Kinney ’24 Global Affairs/History, ’25 Master’s in Public Policy
Joshua Li ’26, Global Affairs/Astrophysics
Guilherme Medeiros Costa Pereira ’26 Classics/Linguistics
Kyle Thomas Ramos ’26 Political Science
Liam Richardson ’25 Statistics and Data Science
Evan Stein ’28 Undeclared
Lucas Vander Elst ’28 Comparative Literature
Ben Weiss ’27 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Benjamin Xu ’26 Computer Science and Mathematics
Guest artists The Sixteen presents The Deer’s Cry, a powerful exploration of the music of two masters of sacred music, Arvo Pärt and William Byrd. Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Glee Club
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free Admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Princeton Joint Glee Club Concert
The Yale and Princeton Glee Clubs join together for their annual collaboration.
DECEMBER 8, 2024
1:30 p.m.
Battell Chapel
Suggested donation: $10
Handel Messiah Audience Singalong
Scores will be available for purchase for an additional $10. A portion of the proceeds will benefit New Haven’s homeless.
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Tickets: yalesymphony.org
Yale Symphony Orchestra: Awakening
This concert is made possible through the generous support of the Charles B. Kaufmann III ’66 Yale Glee Club Fund.
MARCH 26, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
New Haven High Schools Choral Festival
Yale Glee Club brings together the choirs from the New Haven High Schools, along with students from the Yale Music in Schools Initiative, for an all-day clinic culminating in a free concert at 7:00 p.m. with guest clinician Dr. Brandon Williams.
APRIL 25, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Yale Glee Club: Mozart Requiem
Yale Glee Club is joined by a professional orchestra for a performance of Mozart’s monumental Requiem.
MAY 17, 2025
8:00 p.m.
Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Tickets: music.yale.edu
Yale Glee Club 2025 Commencement Concert
Yale Glee Club performs its traditional concert celebrating the YGC members of the Class of 2025.
Yale Concert Band — 106th Season
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
Stephanie Hubbard, Operations and Production Manager
Piccolo
Salena Huang YSEAS ’26 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Flute
Tiffany Jiang MED ’27*
Zoe Frost MY ’27 Undeclared
Noah Tin-yu Brazer MED ’27
Alliese Bonner BK ’27 Music
Allie Gruber PC ’26 English
Julien Yang TC ’27 Undeclared
Noah Watson TD ’28 Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Allan An BR ’28 Music/Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Peter Nelson JE ’26 Biomedical Engineering
Renee Wu PM ’28 Chemical Engineering
Mei Hao YSEAS ’28 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Winni Lin BR ’28 Biomedical Engineering
Oboes
Ana Rodrigues BR ’25* History of Art/Urban Studies
Sophia Graham DC ’26 Economics
Estelle Balsirow JE ’26 Linguistics
Cameron Gray-Lee DC ’27 Undeclared
English Horn
Ana Rodrigues BR ’25 History of Art/Urban Studies
Eb Clarinet
Nickolas Hamblin YSM ’25
Bb Clarinets
Ben Swinchoski BF ’25 Keith L. Wilson Principal Clarinet Chair† Neuroscience
Amelia Shaw TC ’28 Undeclared
Sammy Feingold PM ’28 Neuroscience
Joshua Chen SY ’27 Undeclared
Jessica Liu GH ’25 Applied Mathematics/Chemistry
Joey Berger DC ’28 English/Environmental Studies
Amalee Bowen GSAS ’28 Egyptology
President: Ana Rodrigues
General Managers: Cody Uman, Julien Yang
Social Chairs: Zoe Frost, Lizzie Seward
Publicity Chair: Sophia Graham
Music Librarian: Madeline Chun
Sofia Sato DC ’28 Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Trevor Strano MC ’28 Earth and Planetary Sciences
Cameron Nye BR ’27 Political Science
Bass Clarinet
Ari Blehert JE ’28 Applied Physics/Music
Bassoons
Kennedy Plains YSM ’25
Freddy Laux TD ’27 Political Science
Laressa Winters YSM ’26
Soprano Saxophone
Lizzie Seward DC ’27 Physics and Philosophy
Alto Saxophones
Lizzie Seward DC ’27* Physics and Philosophy
Richard Wong DC ’28 Undeclared
Alina Martel TC ’23/MED ’28
Tenor Saxophones
Esteban Figueroa MC ’25* Electrical Engineering
Aaron Yu MC ’25 Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Baritone Saxophone
Hanson Qin ES ’28 Computer Science and Economics
Cornets/Trumpets (rotating)
Jared Wyetzner PC ’27* Physics
Greta Garrison BF ’28 Undeclared
Graydon Nolen DC ’28 Undeclared
Kyle Chen SY ’27 Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Aidan Garcia MC ’26 Economics
Isaiah Harvey TD ’28 Ethics, Politics, and Economics
French Horns (rotating)
Micah Draper MY ’28 Global Affairs
Julia Landres JE ’28 Physics
Katie Howard GSAS ’25 Personalized Medicine and Applied Engineering
Rory Bricca ES ’26 Music
Zakariya Bouzid GH ’28 Undeclared
Shell Ross GH ’26 Classics
Alexander Bello ES ’28 Undeclared
Andrés Luengo TC ’27 Physics
Trombones
Cody Uman MC ’25* Mathematics
Max Watzky BF ’27 Physics/Applied Mathematics
Beatrice Beale Tate PC ’28 Undeclared
Nathan Lange SY ’27 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Euphoniums
John Liu TD ’25* Statistics and Data Science
Anna Calkins MC ’27 Cognitive Science
Tubas
Benson Wang BK ’27* Economics
Karim Najjar MC ’27 History
Gregory Wolf TD ’26 Psychology
Hari Manchi TC ’28 Undeclared
String Bass
Chelsea Strayer YSM ’25
Upcoming Yale Concert Band Concerts
Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director
OCTOBER 4, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Season Opener
Piano/Celeste
Sean Chang BF ’27 Mathematics
Percussion (rotating)
Max Su SY ’25* Mathematics and Computer Science
Madeline Chun SM ’26 Undeclared
Jacob Leshnower GH ’27 Statistics and Data Science/ Music
Nikolai Stephens-Zumbaum BF ’26 Mechanical Engineering
Tally Vaneman GH ’27 Astrophysics
Zahra Virani SY ’26 Urban Studies/History of Art
Mirabel Solomon BF ’28 Undeclared
* principal
† Friends of Keith L. Wilson (Director of Yale Bands from 1946-1973) honored him by endowing the principal clarinet chair in the Yale Concert Band in his name. If you would like information about naming a Yale Concert Band chair, please contact the Yale Bands Office
Feat. Fuga Con Pajarillo (Aldemaro Romero), Hector Molina, cuatro; Onda Tropical (Rodrigo Martinez Torres), Abi Pak, acordeón; Tundra (Nubia Jaime-Donjuan). Other music: Fanfare Ritmico (Jennifer Higdon), Decoration Day (Charles Ives), Suite Française (Darius Milhaud).
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Feat. the premiere of The Pursuit of Happiness (Jim Colonna), a Yale Concert Band commission inspired by the work of Laurie Santos, the Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology at Yale University. Also feat. Symphony No. 4 (David Maslanka).
DECEMBER 6, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Tickets: music.yale.edu/events
Side by Side: Two Nutcracker Suites
[Yale School of Music Ellington Series]
In the spirit of the season, the Latin Grammy Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band and the Yale Concert Band will present two settings of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. The NYABABB will perform its Pan American Nutcracker Suite, a jazz/Afro-Caribbean reconceptualization of Tchaikovsky’s classic, alternating movements with the Yale Concert Band performing the traditional classical arrangement, juxtaposing two complementarty versions of this timeless masterpiece.
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
APRIL 4, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Woolsey Hall
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
The Thomas C. Duffy Annual Spring Concert. Feat. Dust (Jennifer Jolley), Seraph Brass, guest artists.
MAY 18, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Main Stage, Old Campus
Free admission/No tickets or reservations required
Annual Twilight Concert
Celebratory music and Yale songs on the eve of Yale’s Commencement.
Contact:
Yale Bands
P.O. Box 209048
New Haven, CT 06520-9048 stephanie.hubbard@yale.edu | bands.yalecollege.yale.edu
Yale Glee Club
P.O. Box 201929
New Haven, CT 06520-1929 sean.maher@yale.edu | gleeclub.yalecollege.yale.edu